Question

Part A: Tyler used 1 1/4 gallons of paint to paint 5/7 of a fence. How many gallons will it take to paint the whole fence? Write a multiplication equation or a division equation to represent this question, then find the answer. Show your reasoning.

Answer 1

$\frac{11}{4}\text{ gallons is used to paint }\frac{5}{7}\text{ of the entire fence}$

if the whole fence is 1

then the number of gallons used is represented with x

$\begin{gathered} \frac{11}{4}\text{ --------- }\frac{5}{7} \\ \\ x\text{ ----------- 1} \end{gathered}$$\begin{gathered} \text{cross multiplying} \\ x\text{ }\times\frac{5}{7}=\text{ 1}\times\frac{11}{4} \end{gathered}$$undefined$